North Carolina: no more hog lagoons
The North Carolina House has voted to prohibit the
building of new waste lagoons on pig farms and set more environmentally friendly
standards for new waste disposal systems.
The bill, viewed as a compromise between the state's hog industry and
environmental groups, does not say anything about existing lagoons, but it does
provide aid to help farmers convert to more environmentally friendly waste
disposal systems voluntarily.
creates a pilot programme to capture methane gas for energy
Lawmakers have been working to pass new legislation
before a ten-year-old moratorium on new pig farm construction expires in
The bill, previously passed by the North Carolina Senate,
now goes back to that chamber for concurrence with House
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